The English Reader, Or Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best Writers : Designed to Assist Young Persons to Read with Propriety and Effect, to Improve Their Language and Sentiments, and to Inculcate Some of the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue. With a Few Preliminary Observations on the Principles of Good ReadingR. Patterson & Lambdin, 1822 - 264 Seiten |
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... sense of the pas- sage , and always made alike , but as to the inferior emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fix- ing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons who have had pro- . per opportunities of ...
... sense of the pas- sage , and always made alike , but as to the inferior emphasis , taste alone seems to have the right of fix- ing its situation and quantity . Among the number of persons who have had pro- . per opportunities of ...
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... sense and attention . It is far from being an inconsiderable attainment . It is one of the most decisive trials of a true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest ...
... sense and attention . It is far from being an inconsiderable attainment . It is one of the most decisive trials of a true and just taste ; and must arise from feeling delicately ourselves , and from judging accurately of what is fittest ...
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... sense . phatical pause is generally made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature ...
... sense . phatical pause is generally made after something has been said of peculiar moment , and on which we desire to fix the hearer's attention . Sometimes , before such a thing is said , we usher it in with a pause of this nature ...
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... sense ; the in- flection attending the third pause , signifies that the sense is completed . The preceding example is an illustration of the suspending pause , in its simple state ; the following instance exhibits that pause with a ...
... sense ; the in- flection attending the third pause , signifies that the sense is completed . The preceding example is an illustration of the suspending pause , in its simple state ; the following instance exhibits that pause with a ...
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... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear or offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ; one ...
... sense , so as neither to hurt the ear or offend the understanding , is so very nice a matter that it is no wonder we so sel- dom meet with good readers of poetry . There are two kinds of pauses that belong to the melody of verse ; one ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
amidst Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessings Caius Verres character cheerful comforts dark death Democritus Descartes Dionysius distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father feel folly fortune give Greek language ground happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honour hope human inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind ment mercy Micipsa mind misery Mount Etna mountain nature nature's never Numidia o'er ourselves pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION SECTION VI sense sentence sentiments shade shine Sicily smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring stancy sweet temper tempest tence thee things thou thought tion vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 181 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.